Performing the Expiation Before Its Time
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The questioner:
We ask Allah for you: Yes, paying the expiation for Ramadan in advance is permissible, if one pays the Ramadan expiation in Sha'ban.
The Shaykh:
It makes no difference; paying it in advance makes no difference. It is like fasting, and it is like anything else, such as paying zakah in advance.
The questioner:
Who said it is like the one who pays the fasting in advance, meaning who?
The Shaykh:
No, no, it is not acceptable, it is not acceptable, because the harvest is its due, this is what is required of him, and for the questioner
We ask Allah for you: Yes, paying the expiation for Ramadan in advance is permissible, if one pays the Ramadan expiation in Sha'ban.
The Shaykh:
It makes no difference; paying it in advance makes no difference. It is like fasting, and it is like anything else, such as paying zakah in advance.
The questioner:
Who said it is like the one who pays the fasting in advance, meaning who?
The Shaykh:
No, no, it is not acceptable, it is not acceptable, because the harvest is its due, this is what is required of him, and for the questioner
Source
فتاوى رمضانية — islamhouse.com (1:06:15)
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